Pape seeks seat on select board

George Pape of 69 Redemption Rock Trail is a candidate for a seat on the Sterling Select Board.

Pape said the Town Hall must be more user-friendly and brought into the 20th century.

"Every town board and employee should have an e-mail address posted on the town Web site along with their phone number," Pape said. "The meeting agendas should also be posted on this Web site along with the past minutes of the meetings. Please look at the town of Harvard where our last town administrator, Mr. Bragan, went to, www.harvard. ma.us, and see what the norm is. You can also look at www.shrewsbury-ma.gov and look at their Web site. Everything is there. We have almost nothing on ours."

Pape said select board meetings should be televised on local cable.

"This is an easy thing to do. Just send them the tape and they will do everything else," he said. Why not the planning board and ZBA meetings also? It is hard for the senior citizens to get out in the evening along with those of use who work out of town. This would give the citizens and taxpayers a better opportunity to participate in town government."

Pape said he welcomes ideas for making Town Hall more user-friendly by e-mailing him at watchsterling@aol.com.